Vehicle-pole tip.



No. 838,254. PATENTED DBCLll, 1906.

' G..- J. JOHNSON.

VEHICLE POLE TIP.

APPLIQATION FILED APE-17 .1906.

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GEORGE J. J OHNSON, OF MoLOUTH, KANSAS.

VEHICLE-POLE TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed April fl 312,083.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at McLouth, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Pole Tips,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to pole-tips for vehicles, and has for its objectto produce a device of this character which may be readily and easilysecured upon the front end of the tongue of a wagon or other vehicle andwhich in the event of an accident whereby the pole falls to the groundwill act as a slide or runner to prevent the pole digging into theground and possibly causing a serious accident.

A further object is to produce a pole-tip to which the neck-yoke can bereadily secured and which is of simple, strong, durable, and cheapconstruction.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel andpeculiar features of construction and organization, as hereinafterdescribed and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understoodreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents side view of a portion of a wagon-tongue equipped with apole-tip embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thepole-tip detached from the tongue.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates the tongue of a vehiclesuch as awagon, carriage, or agricultural implementand 2- indicates the pole-tipthereon. The pole-tip comprises a cylindrical body portion 3, having alongitudinal bore or passage 4 to receive the front end of the tongue.Forward of the latter the tip merges into a cylindrical stem 5, havingits free end tapering slightly and terminating in a head or enlargement6, which likewise tapers, as at 7.

At the front end of the body portion the stem is bent upward, as at 8,and then doubled back upon itself, as at 9, and has its tapered portionbending back under and substantially paralleling the body portion, thebackward bends given to the stem producing what is generally termed a'gooseneck. The gooseneck projects upward above the plane of the bodyportion of the tip and is connected to the tip by a vertical rib 10,which acts as a brace to prevent the gooseneck from bending backwardtoward the upper side of the body portion, and said rib furthermoreassists in preventing a lateral bending movement of the gooseneck. Theneck-yoke (not shown) is adapted to engage the top portion of thegooseneck and impose strain rearwardly thereon, which strain will beresisted by said rib.

Should the front end of the pole fall to the ground and cause thetapering portion of the stem to underlie the body portion of thepoletip, it will act as a sled-runner, and thus cause the pole to skidalong upon the round until the movement or momentum o the vehicle isovercome, thus avoiding injury to the vehicle and its occupant oroccupants, which would be incident to the sudden arrest of the vehicleby the tongue digging into the roadway.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced apole-tip for vehicles which embodies the features of advantageenumerated in the statement of the object of the invention, and it is tobe understood that I reserve the right to make such changes as properlyfall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a vehicle-tongue, a pole-tip secured upon thefront end of the tongue and comprising a body portion merging into astem; said stem being bent to form a gooseneck projecting upward at thefront end of the body portion, and a runner underlying the body portionand forming a continuation of the front side of the gooseneck.

2. The combination with a vehicle-tongue, a pole-tip secured upon thefront end of the tongue and comprising a body portion merging into astem said stem being bent to form a gooseneck projecting upward at thefront end of the body portion, and a runner underlying the body portionand forming a continuation of the front side of the gooseneck, and abrace-rib connecting the rear portion of the gooseneck with the frontend of the body portion.

3. A pole-tip comprising a cylindrical body portion which tapersforwardly and is provided with a longitudinal bore or passage open atits rear end, a cylindrical stem forming a continuation of the front ortapering end of the body portion, and comprising an upwardly-projectinggooseneck portion and a runner portion which forms a continuation of thefront side of the gooseneck portion and I underlies and substantiallyparallels the underlies and substantiallyparallels the body bodyportion, and a brace-rib between the portion. front end of the bodyportion and the rear 1 5 4. Apole-tip comprisinga cylindrical bodyportion of the gooseneck and integrally portion which tapers forwardlyand is proformed with said portions.

vicled with a longitudinal bore or passage In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature open at its rear end f a cyflindrical stem forrnin thepresence of two Witnesses.

ing a continuation 0 the ront or ta erin end of the body portion, andcomprisi g ar l up- GEORGE JOHNSON Wardly-projecting gooseneck portion,and a Witnesses:

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WESLEY GUEST.

runner portion which forms a continuation of the front side of thegooseneck portion and

